| As Formula BMW USA joins the Champ Car World | | | | |
| Series for two consecutive race weekends, the | | | | Behind these three are Maxime Pelletier (HBR |
| San Jose Grand Prix will host the 9th and | | | | Motorsport Team USA), Alexander Rossi (Team |
| 10th rounds of the 2007 Formula BMW USA | | | | Apex Racing USA) and Steven Guerrero (HBR |
| Championship on July 27 - 29. Seventeen young | | | | Motorsport Team USA) standing fourth, fifth |
| drivers entered the race with a 1.5-mile, | | | | and sixth respectively. |
| 7-turn Redback Raceway. Reports say it will | | | | |
| provide quite a contrast to the rolling | | | | Series graduates also continue to shine as |
| 4.0-mile, 15-turn Road America circuit where | | | | they climb the motorsport ladder. The San |
| Rounds 11 and 12 will be held on August 9 - | | | | Jose Grand Prix will seem to be a reunion as |
| 12. | | | | many graduates compete in the Champ Car |
| | | | Atlantic Championship. Taking the overall |
| Part of the BMW 325e parts making company; | | | | pole, Robert Wickens (2006 Formula BMW USA |
| the Formula BMW USA Championship passed the | | | | Champion) finished second in the opening |
| midst of the season at Lime Rock Park on July | | | | round of the Champ Car Atlantic season at the |
| 6 - 7. Round 8 marked the 50th Formula BMW | | | | Las Vegas Grand Prix and won in just his |
| USA race since the series started in 2004. | | | | fourth start in Portland. Eight more Formula |
| | | | BMW USA graduates are racing in Atlantics |
| So far, three young men have stood on the top | | | | this year: James Hinchcliffe (04), Kevin |
| step of the podium. They are also atop the | | | | Lacroix (05), Matt Lee (06), Tom Sutherland |
| overall point standings. Daniel Morad | | | | (04, 05), Simona De Silvestro (06), Frankie |
| (Eurointernational), one race winner last | | | | Muniz (06), Adrien Herberts (05, 06) and |
| year on his way to the Rookie Championship, | | | | David Garza (06). |
| has earned five more victories this year, | | | | |
| making him the driver with the most career | | | | Among the first group of Formula BMW USA |
| Formula BMW USA wins and a 77-point leader. | | | | Junior scholarship winners, Graham Rahal |
| Sophomore driver Sebastian Saavedra | | | | became the first Formula BMW USA graduate to |
| (Eurointernational), who had an advance win | | | | earn a full-time drive in the Champ Car World |
| in Round 7 at Lime Rock Park, placed second | | | | Series with his start at Las Vegas this year. |
| in overall points. Rookie Esteban Gutierrez | | | | He became the youngest ever to reach a Champ |
| (Autotecnica) after two 17th place finishes | | | | Car World Series podium with his second-place |
| at Lime Rock may have fallen five points | | | | finish in the Grand Prix of Houston just this |
| behind Saavedra, but the 15-year old still | | | | April. |
| leads the Rookie standings. Gutierrez is a | | | | |
| holder of a record six straight poles in | | | | Round 10 qualifying will be held on Saturday |
| Rounds 1 through 6. | | | | at 11:50 - 12:20 p.m. |